Ayjent

Risk/reward - you have no guarantee that the season tickets you buy will be worth the investment. If you team sucks good luck selling them, and if you have a PSL that may be what is driving you to keep them even if you wanted to get rid of them, bc you dont want to take another loss. The NFL is basically making the investment a bad idea but capitalizing on the popularity of the game screwing fans bc others will line up for the opportunity to get screwed. Going to a game is a ridiculous amount of money, especially to sit with a bunch of idiots in most venues (Bills games being one of the few places that still feel genuine and not a generic experience). Home is far more enjoyable week to week, especially when you realize your season tickets are next to the worst of those people. If you have good people it may be awesome and worth it, but good luck there.

Can we get Keon working out with Moulds and Shakir?

We need players that show up in big moments on the DL against crappy OLs. He hasn’t in the playoffs against backups and people playing out of position much less top notch talent. I do wonder if the Bills wanting him to be lighter as a DE makes him less effective. It really depends on his contract but I don’t love the estimated value.

The guy was left with a bad taste in his mouth playing his ass off and they didn’t give him the ball when they needed to answer the Chiefs. Hard to blame him for wanting to get paid or leave. Regardless of what he says that’s the issue and the Bills coaching deserves the blame. He’s one of very few other A+ players on this team.

The Bills need size and some guys that have high ceilings not just safe calls for solid to good starters but not difference makers in big moments.

However they came about it and what was intended and what was not, the Bills were not playing the game to win. However, it is hard not to be impressed by Milton. I thought the Bills picking him this year was the best backup plan they could have to continue running the offense as if Josh was playing. It’s clear that White and Trubisky are odd fits for the offense that loses a lot of ability to draw attention away from receivers due to the running threat at QB. He isn’t Josh Allen, don’t get me wrong, and teams having schemes and tape to stop them can change the complexion of how a player is viewed. However, the ability to run similar offense and put similar pressure on a Defense is something I’ve never quite understood with who the Bills get to be backup QBs. I understand it’s all about supporting Josh in the QB room, but the backup QBs on the team aren’t good contingencies if they have to step on the field in the clutch.

The way Josh rolls right puts a whole different value on what Brown is capable of athletically and from a protection standpoint. Looking at it from a generalized standpoint is one thing, but for the particularly QB and talent we have Spencer Brown is a lot more important than looking at RT generically. What they cant do without that player and his contract is be effective at extending plays as Josh rolls right which is where a lot of magic happens. The video evidence is right there. It was a smart move to sign him snd that cost is worth every penny.

What’s different this year is that his tackles aren’t good and limited mobility is a much bigger deal when the edges are unpredictably vulnerable… unless the refs swallow whistles on holding (which is entirely possible). They’d be silly to play him too early and jeopardize his availability in the playoffs. The thing is I’m not sure they’ll sit him if he wants to play. I think Houston is a tough matchup for KC even with Mahomes 100% and I think it closes the gap for Bills to get no. 1 seed if Bills take care of business. I don’t think the Steelers are good enough to beat KC with or without Mahomes, but Denver could. Denver is likely playing for seeding because the AFC field looks almost set with colts and fins losing today (and those two teams don’t deserve a playoff spot) so it may come down to the game meaning more to KC than Denver.

Can he play man to man?

He's not a very good coach in close games in crunch time. Aside from that he is a very good coach. Problem is that will give you what you've seen for his a tenure, a perennial playoff team that doesn't bring home the trophy. It's not that they can't, but this was another exhibit of how the team had no counters and no answers on D to a team imposing its will followed by some questionable coaching where every decision had to be the right decision based on the circumstances. I like McDermott but that was a poor showing yesterday. The Rams played really well on Offense, but D had to take way more chances and it was clear that they didn't think they had to.

And two plays where you might have a defensive penalty give the Rams a 1st down.

Yeah its all useless speculation, but I'm kinda glad Brady put it on the coaches like he did. They earned all of that negative narrative.

I think McVay probably would have run all three times, he knows the clock is on his side and he knows there are a lot more things that can go wrong with a pass attempt than a run. It doesn't matter because the timeout was called that made it easy to just run out the clock.

When your team plays so god awful in some aspects it magnifies everything that goes wrong. Could the false start on 4th and 5 have been called on Rams? Yes. Should the PI call on the Rams for tugging on Cooper that was picked up have stood? Absolutely. But..... The Bills coaching was just stubborn and stupid to make those plays matter: I can't stand Brady's voice but he called the coaching out where it was totally blowing it. They kept on playing zone that the Rams were just destroying, and then the end of game sequence was inexcusable.

You just simply don't call a time out at the goal line there no matter what, even if Josh doesn't get in. You have control of getting to the line and getting set to run another play and save your TOs to have more time to stop the Rams from running clock if you don't get the Onsides kick. It's not that they ran and didn't make it. Its that they called the TO at all. That is coaching 101.

She's smart to play a bunch of dumb asses into a millionaire lifestyle. Maybe not what most of us find attractive or ethical, but being rich and ethical arent usually synonymous.

For all the talk about the Bears turning the corner with a young foundation they should be showing signs of improving as this season progresses. They seem like a team that just isnt all that good on either side of the ball.

Not to beat up on Edmunds but he has been completely wiped out of every run on this drive and if the Lions do this all game it’ll be an easy afternoon

“I’ve gotcha, the Dougs are on speed dial.”

We are going to be hoping for the Browns to finish 9-8 and it’s not inconceivable that would get them into the playoffs. I doubt it will happen but I can see them as a spoiler in a good number of those games. It’s pretty clear that the Browns and Steelers really don’t like each other, and the Browns match up well with the dirty ass Ravens. And who doesn’t love a Jameis interview where you are left to contemplate what just happened and your sobriety.

Having Milano, Williams and Bernard is a great thing and will give them a way to add wrinkles if they are so inclined including traditional 4-3 and a capable backup. It may be the key to better handling a good running team too.

The Bills are a fun team to watch and I’m not sure that any team matches up with KC better than the Bills. I would have loved to be at the game, because I’m guessing that was a pumped up crowd. The last time I went to a game that big may have been when the Bills beat the Dolphins for the AFC East title in 1990. I know it wasn’t tear the goal posts down type of game but all bets are off for the goalposts staying up if that’s the same outcome in AFC CG.

Ray Davis and Quentin Morris on Offense. I think the TEs and RBs are going to feast as they focus on trying to shut down Shakir. Taron Johnson and AJE on D - really the DEs in general and how the Bills can utilize blind side pressure to attack KC's achilles heel at LT.

He did hit Knox on a similar route on the other side later in the game. They clearly wanted to attack the Colts with those routes. The difference seemed to me to be a better throw to Knox. If he hits Kincaid on that route the game may have been an even more lopsided win than it was. Its funny because i think the national media saw that game as closer than it was. The Bills completely controlled the game once they got the ball back after going down 13-10. The only valid criticism is that they never should have found themselves down and their weaknesses on both sides were highlighted during that chunk of the game. But it also highlights the adaptations this coaching staff is able to put together. Maybe they arent the team that is going to be able to elevate their game against better competition, but i also think that is what makes this game against kc interesting. Id love to have kincaid available for it, but if not i still think the TEs are going to be a big factor.

I’m speaking more about the Tampa 2 where seam routes are designed to be in the spaces in the zone scheme and as you point out these are commonly routes that do need to go to the space between the safeties and lbs or the safeties and the corners and aren’t straight into the coverage. I probably used bad wording saying ‘down the seams” as if I were talking relatively vertical routes on the hashes, although running outside vertical clearing routes can make those effective routes as well when you have good TEs or run a delayed route where another route has pulled coverage away making the seam a bigger target. TEs are the biggest weapon against a Tampa 2, and I understand that the Bills are seeing a variety of 2 high safety looks not just Tampa 2, but they also have been most successful when they’ve stressed opponents reliance on playing two high with effectively pushing the ball downfield to TEs in the seams and balanced it with utilizing the backs in the passing game when teams try to adjust dropping cbs deeper, leaving the lbs exposed and putting our good blocking WRs in position to make a crucial downfield block.